'Vehicle Of Interest' Sought In Connection With Apple Fire

CHERRY VALLEY, CA — Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department officials are hoping that photos they publicly released Tuesday will lead to more information on who started the massive 33,424-acre Apple Fire on July 31.

The released photos (see above) show a “vehicle of interest” that was traveling north on Oak Glen Road at approximately 4:51 p.m., around the time the fire started. The work truck depicted in the two images shows smoke spewing from it.

“Cal Fire investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying a vehicle of interest observed in the area at the time of the fire. Any information from drivers traveling on Oak Glen Road, between Apple Tree Lane and Wildwood Canyon Road, on July 31, 2020, between 4:50 p.m. and 4:55 p.m., are encouraged to call our anonymous tip line at (800) 633-2836,” the agency said.

The human-caused Apple Fire was active for 52 days and burned in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, destroying four structures and injuring four people.

See photos of the blaze that were taken during the height of firefight this summer.